the last day of owen as a one year old

yep, today's the last day.  the very last day of being one.  my littlest baby {or not so little, really} turns two tomorrow.

birthdays are for reminiscing, right?!  remembering, giving, loving, reflecting, living.

i remember us praying for another child.  i remember sharing the news with family and friends. i remember {most} parts of owen's pregnancy ... the crazy contractions that started in the mid twenty weeks and continued the rest of the time.  the weekly visits to the OB to make sure owen wasn't trying to meet us earlier than he should.  i remember all of the dreaming, planning, preparation, thinking, talking, and laughing in our family as God would soon bless us with a new life. another baby BOY!  i remember the roller coaster of emotions the night before his arrival {link to that post}- what did God have in store for us with his delivery?  i remember that next morning knowing that Monday, February 1st would be a day we woudl never forget.  i remember waking gary up and telling him excitedly, "i don't think you are going to work today.  we are going to the hospital!"  i remember the miracle of giving birth to him.  i remember henry seeing owen for the first time -"he's so tiny!" he said.  i remember thinking that how fortunate that owen came three weeks early, since he was eight pounds when he was born.  whew!  :)  i remember how breathtakingly beautiful he was when i first laid eyes on him.  i remember how content and go with the flow he was in the hospital ... and that continued when we went home.  owen was such a good, good baby, from the start.

and blink, he is almost two.  and now he is still breathtakingly beautiful, has twinkling brown eyes, is full of energy and spunk, is learning all sorts of new words, is so darn strong, so darn tough, so darn independent, is always hungry, is always getting into something, eats dirt and still likes to taste most things, is completely fearless, give amazing hugs, and is having fun discovering his surroundings one day, one piece at a time. 

i eagerly await to see what owen has in store for this world!